Liberal blogs were bashing Coburn’s stance on Tuesday, claiming he was placing cash before compassion.

“Coburn is taking his own constituents hostage as budget-cutting human shields,” AMERICABlog’s John Aravosis wrote, adding: “We wouldn’t need to be holding a bake sale every time Mother Nature hiccuped … if the Republicans would stop spending a trillion on this war and another trillion on that tax cut.”

“Yes, they are still pulling victims from the debris and Tom Coburn’s mind is on making sure other poor souls get harmed too,” the blogger Attaturk wrote on FireDogLake. “But he’ll get credit for consistency, without mentioning the consistency is for being horrible.”

Coburn’s office released a statement from him on Tuesday that didn’t directly address the offset issue.

“Oklahomans have always inspired the nation with their courage, compassion and resilience in the face of unspeakable tragedy and loss,” he said. “That has already been the case in the few hours since these terrible tornadoes destroyed major parts of our communities, and will be the case as neighbors care for those who have lost everything, including children and family members.

“I spoke with Department of Homeland Secretary Janet Napolitano last night about FEMA’s response. We still don’t know the scope of devastation and won’t for some time. But, as the ranking member of Senate committee that oversees FEMA, I can assure Oklahomans that any and all available aid will be delivered without delay.”

Rep. Joe Crowley (D-N.Y.), who was one of the leading crusaders during fights earlier this year about aid to Sandy victims said now is not the time to be worrying about spending offsets for aid to the Oklahoma tornado victims.

“We will wait and see what the assessment is of the damage,” Crowley told reporters Tuesday morning.

In the aftermath of Sandy, Crowley argued that disasters haven’t required offsets in the past and shouldn’t bog down aid for hurricane victims.

Asked about Coburn saying there should be offsets, Crowley said he hopes another fight won’t slow down the delivery of assistance and said that the focus right now should be on helping those who are still in peril.

“We’ll deal with these other issues when it’s appropriate,” he said.

Rep. Elijah Cummings, a Democrat, told POLITICO he thought Congress could forgive the Sandy position if Coburn and Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) were to accept Oklahoma aid without offsets.

“I hope they would change their minds this time and I’m sure the Congress would understand that,” Cummings (D-Md.) said. “But I hope if they change their minds this time then in the future, and sadly there will be future circumstances, that they will help those communities when they’re in need.”